The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25

November 18th, 1875, Hussey's Bank,
with the stores adjoining on the north
and south were burned. Loss, $500, 600
amount OF insurance not known. At
this fire several of the firemen narrowly
escaped death from the falling out of the
rear end of the bank. e11u
November 22d, 1876, Davis G. Howe's
Foundry burned. Loss. $30,O0O.a s1g,.,
December LIST, 1878, the Eagle
Brewery, situated in the First bishop g
ward, was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss, So, 600; insurance, $4,000. -
April 2lst, 1879, Taylor's Hotel, stu
ated on Main street between First and
Second South streets, was burned. The
building belonged to Dinwoodey & Bess.
Loss on building and stock, $14 200; in
surance, So, 800. 954 l'r's'
March 18th, 1880, N. Groesbeck's
building, ;ituated on Main street. be-
tween Second and bird South streets,
and occupied by Miss Kate Flint, was
totally destroyed, Loss, 1905; insur
ance, $475. -!-..sr- - II '7
January ID, 1882, FIRE in Market Row.
Several buildings were burned. Loss,
May ed, 1888, the Empire Grist Mill,
situated IN City Greek Canyon, was
totally destroyed. Loss. S23 500. u
June 21st, 1888, the old Council House
corner, with surrounding stores, was
burned. At this fire, an explosion of
powder in II. B. Clawson'S warehouse
caused the fire to spread con-
siderably, and doing damsge to stores
on Main street to the amount of S22 900
Charles Feyeryear, fireman of En-
CINE Company No. 2, was knocked off
one OF the buildings by the conclusion,
and severely hurt; the estimated loss
at this fire was 500, $50; insurance,
$4,000. 10 ... ., SIX. J.
October %, 1888, the Skating Rink,
West Temple Street, burned. Loss,
$40, 200; insurance, 5000.
October %, 1888, Whittmore's Hotel
pot, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
July Is, 1884, Bowring & Co.'s store,
and adjoining store, burned. Loss,
November seth, 1884, Mayer Arm
strong's -four mill. Loss, $500.
August IL, 1885. Thomas Jennings
building, situated on First South.
between East Temple and First East
Streets, and occupied by ]. Q. Graham
& Co., printers, and Mrs. RuHel,
milliner. Loss, 81 900: insurance. s., 900.
September 18th, 1886, Coslter & Smell
groves, ames Dryers, and n. Penn
brOke's stores on Main Street. These
were mostly frame. Loss on
buildings and stock, SIS, 800; insurance,
SIC, 800.
August 8, 1887, G. NJ. SCOTS hard
ware store, on Nam Street. Estimate
loss on buildings and stock, $4,000.
Insurance sos coo
at the organization of the paid Fire
the Alert Hose carriage
was fitted up with shafts, and a horse
bought. This was crest advantage. |
so lar as the hose cart was concerned, |
yet it still left the steamer without any
borses, and the firemen had to depend |
On any team that might happen along; |
but. in theslatter part of the year 1886 |
The engi;.e house was extensively re-
modelled, the old bunk room was con
7erted into nice stable, the posts sup |
porting the ceiling in the apparatus |
Dom were removed, and new floor |
put down; an Office for the Chief |
Engineer was. built; also a grain |
Dom; and the meeting room up stairs |
vas partioned off, and q bunk-room |
made of part of it. A new hose car
iage for two horses was bought from |
he Silsby Manufacturing Company. & |
lorse to mate the one we already had, |
NO horses for the steamer, two sets of |
laSness (patent drop. Estimated cost |
# these Improvements, $500.
Since the organization of the paid de- |
,artment in 1888, the department has
to Ill alarms of fire, and has
zen in active service 224 hours, and
rayeled 65434 miles, and laid $3.50 feet
# hose
The expenses Of the fire department
or the past ten years has been as fol-
ows: